The Tribeca Film Festival unveiled winners of this year’s Audience Awards on Saturday (4/28) with To Dust topping the narrative competition and United Skates being voted best documentary.
Directed by Shawn Snyder and starring Matthew Broderick and Geza Rohrig, To Dust tells the story of a Hasidic cantor who’s traumatized by the death of his wife and obsesses over how her body will decay. He seeks answers from a local biology professor in this, the unlikeliest of buddy comedies.
Directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown, United Skates chronicles America’s roller rinks which helped spawn East Coast hip-hop and West Coast rap. As rinks close across the country, a few activists mount a last stand to save these bastions of regional African-American culture, music and dance.
2nd place
Taking second place in the Audience Award narrative derby was the Ondi Timoner-directed Mapplethorpe which stars Matt Smith in the title role of art school dropout Robert Mapplethorpe who goes on to become the enfant terrible of the photography world as the downtown counterculture of 1970s New York reaches its zenith.
The documentary runner-up was Momentum Generation from directors/writers Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist. The film introduces us to a band of teen surfers came together on the north shore of Oahu in the 1990s. Their unbridled talent and strong bonds of friendship would bring professional surfing to new heights. But as their stars rose, those bonds are tested.
The winners of the Audience Awards were determined by audience votes made throughout the Tribeca Film Festival via the Festival app.
Partizan Connects With Directorial Duo Ethan & Tom For Global Representation
Partizan has added the London-based directing duo Ethan & Tom to its roster for global representation. Known for their expert technical fluency and authentic casting, Ethan & Tom deploy diverse methods of filmmaking, telling stories ranging from well-crafted visual jokes to stunning and extravagant cinematic worlds.
Ethan & Tom met in 2017 at the University of Westminster where they started making music videos for friends. One of their early projects for the band Badgirl$ caught the attention of Sony Music, leading to a series of successful videos--all while they were still students.
They’ve since worked with a diverse array of artists, including Flohio, Greentea Peng, P-rallel, Nayana IZ, Wu-Lu, Berwyn, PinkPantheress, Tendai, and Jeshi. Ethan & Tom’s work captures the essence of their collaborators and finds intimacy in the artists with whom they work. Ethan & Tom have collaborated with brands like Toyota, North Face, Puma, JD Sports, Lacoste and Gorillas. Prior to joining Partizan, Ethan & Tom were most recently represented by Academy.
In a joint statement, Ethan & Tom shared, “We’re really excited to be joining Partizan’s roster, their creative spirit and exceptional team of producers, reps and EPs have been a dream to work with and we’re buzzing to be stepping into this next chapter with them.”
Partizan founder Georges Bermann said, “Ethan and Tom’s reputation for originality, dedication, and innovative thinking has truly stood out. We’re anticipating a very exciting future for them at Partizan.”
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